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The SAIL 2011 Course Onboard STS Fryderyk Chopin
Social, cultural, economical and environmental aspects of sustainability will be in focus on board the Polish sailing ship STS Fryderyk Chopin for 38 BUP students and teachers. The participants on the SAIL 2011 course comes from 12 countries in the BUP network representing a large number of different university faculties and disciplines.
The preliminary schedule for the SAIL 2011 voyage is: Halmstad, Sweden 11.8 – Rønne, Denmark 15-16.8 – Karlshamn, Sweden 17-18.8 – Tallinn, Estonia 22-23.8 – Turku, Finland 26-28.8.
In Turku the ship and its crew will participate in the celebrations of Turku as Cultural Capital of Europe for this year.
For more information see the SAIL 2011 
broshure.
SAIL 2011 Slide Shows
There is a slide show with some photos from the 2011 SAIL course on board the sailing ship STS Fryderyk Chopin in Turku. The presence in Turku of STS Fryderyk Chopin and a large number of other tall ships was a part of the celebration of Turku as the European Capital of Culture 2011.
Another slide show at the BUP secretariat web site has also some photos from the cruise on the Baltic Sea.
BUP Rectors Pre-conference Meeting
Wednesday, 08 December 2010 16:55
BUP teachers and contact persons may now apply for participation in the upcoming BUP Rectors' Pre-conference Meeting that will be held in Uppsala, 17 - 18 February 2011 by filling out and submitting the BUP Rectors' Pre-conference Meeting form.
For more information see the BUP web site.
Last application date: 21st January 2011.
BUP Rectors' Conference 2011
The 3rd BUP Rectors Conference is scheduled for the 11 - 13 October 2011 Uppsala, Sweden.
Conference keynote speakers are Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector of Utrecht University, Susanne Lonscher-Räcke, EU coordinator for the priority education/Ministry of Education Hamburg, Jean-Marc Venineaux, European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy and General Director Jan Lundin, Council of the Baltic Sea States.
For more information please see the preliminary Programme 
and visit the the Rectors conference web site.
BUP Research Seminar
HAW Hamburg is hosting in Hamburg the "BUP Research Seminar" on the 25th-26th May 2011. The aims of the Seminar are:
- to identify research areas where BUP Universities have strong expertise and are able to compete in attracting EU and international funding;
- to cluster the expertise in thematic areas, with a view to forming powerful and attractive Consortia to bid for project funding;
- to agree on a work plan with future calls for projects, where BUP universities can take part.
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